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Do You Need a Nostalgia Reset Button?
I tend to reflect on my past. As a regular reader of these posts can attest, I can spend time being critical of my past transgressions. However, I am also a very experienced nostalgia practitioner. As Cathy and I prepared for an upcoming vacation in San Diego, I...
One of those days
I’ve been having one of those days where anxiety seems to have more power than enthusiasm. It started before I woke up, and it’s been not easy to shift into enthusiasm. Fortunately, this doesn’t happen often, and I can usually focus on doing something that energizes...
Worst Case Scenario; Another Worry Wasted
A few years ago, I spent an entire day, 24 hours, worrying about something that wasn't real. I didn’t even try to shift my thinking to trusting in a different outcome, even though I recognized I didn’t have all the information. I just “knew” my fear of what was...
Lighten Up – It’s just pressure
I glanced at my to-do list this morning and realized that I was so far behind that for many of the items on the list, the ink was faded from age. Then I felt pressure—the pressure of not working hard enough, not being more disciplined, basically not being good enough....
Mind Tripping to Bleakness
As I was falling asleep last night, my mind decided that it was an opportune time to travel down memory lane — not to visit the many wonderful memories, but to remind me of my past mistakes — decade by decade, relationship by relationship, financial decision by...
I’m Late, I’m Late and it’s all your fault!
I don’t know if it’s maturity, training, or letting go, but I no longer get uptight waiting for my wife to get ready to leave the house. While calmly waiting for Cathy the other evening, I remembered this wasn’t always so. In the past, when other people delayed my...
Joy is the Present Moment with Nothing Added
Joy is the Present Moment with Nothing Added In the late 90s, I took an eight-week Mindfulness Meditation class. Before I could enroll, the instructor asked me why I wanted to do it. I said I wanted more joy in my life. His response was, “My 80-year-old Jewish Zen...
I’m Tired of Being a Work-in-Progress
I’m Tired of Being a Work-in-Progress The other day, I did something silly and ineffective for the umpteenth time in my life (details not important). I caught it quickly. As I recognized the familiarity of the behavior and the negative Gary feeling, I said to myself,...
Kindness is Good Politics
Kindness is Good Politics As I was thinking about today’s topic, two thoughts came up at the same time: kindness and politics. While this seems like an oxymoron, they should always be connected. The practice of politics is not limited to the governmental activities we...
Be Careful. Your Thoughts Travel.
Be Careful. Your Thoughts Travel. A few years ago, Cathy and I went to my hometown in Nebraska for my 50th high school reunion. Our experience provided anecdotal evidence that our thought energy is powerful and can travel long distances. We don’t need a phone or a...
